You are browsing a class reference for deprecated Version 2 of the JavaScript Charts.
Documentation for other versions: amCharts 4 (current) or amCharts 3.
AxisBase is the base class for ValueAxis and CategoryAxis. It can not be instantiated explicitly.
| Property | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| autoGridCount | Boolean | true | Specifies whether number of gridCount is specified automatically, acoarding to the axis size. |
| axisAlpha | Number | 1 | Axis opacity. Value range is 0 - 1. |
| axisColor | String | #000000 | Axis color. |
| axisThickness | Number | 1 | Thickness of the axis. |
| color | String | Color of axis value labels. Will use chart's color if not set. | |
| dashLength | Number | 0 | Length of a dash. 0 means line is not dashed. |
| fillAlpha | Number | 0 | Fill opacity. Every second space between grid lines can be filled with color. Set fillAlpha to a value greater than 0 to see the fills. |
| fillColor | String | #FFFFFF | Fill color. Every second space between grid lines can be filled with color. Set fillAlpha to a value greater than 0 to see the fills. |
| fontSize | Number | Size of value labels text. Will use chart's fontSize if not set. | |
| gridAlpha | Number | 0.2 | Opacity of grid lines. |
| gridColor | String | #000000 | Color of grid lines. |
| gridCount | Number | 5 | Number of grid lines. In case this is value axis, or your categoryAxis parses dates, the number is approximate. The default value is 5. If you set autoGridCount to true, this property is ignored. |
| gridThickness | Number | 1 | Thickness of grid lines. |
| guides | Array | The array of guides belonging to this axis. | |
| ignoreAxisWidth | Boolean | false | If autoMargins of a chart is set to true, but you want this axis not to be measured when calculating margin, set ignoreAxisWidth to true. |
| inside | Boolean | false | Specifies whether values should be placed inside or outside plot area. |
| labelFrequency | Number | 1 | Frequency at which labels should be placed. Doesn't work for CategoryAxis if parseDates is set to true. |
| labelRotation | Number | 0 | Rotation angle of a label. Only horizontal axis' values can be rotated. If you set this for vertical axis, the setting will be ignored. |
| labelsEnabled | Boolean | true | Specifies whether axis displays category axis' labels and value axis' values. |
| offset | Number | 0 | The distance of the axis to the plot area, in pixels. Negative values can also be used. |
| position | String | Possible values are: "top", "bottom", "left", "right". If axis is vertical, default position is "left". If axis is horizontal, default position is "bottom". | |
| showFirstLabel | Boolean | true | Whether to show first axis label or not. |
| showLastLabel | Boolean | true | Whether to show last axis label or not. |
| tickLength | Number | 5 | Length of the tick marks. |
| title | String | Title of the axis. | |
| titleBold | Boolean | true | Specifies if title should be bold or not. |
| titleColor | String | Color of axis title. Will use text color of chart if not set any. | |
| titleFontSize | Number | Font size of axis title. Will use font size of chart plus two pixels if not set any. |
| Name | Parameters | Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| addGuide(guide) | guide - instance of Guide | Adds guide to the axis. | |
| removeGuide(guide) | guide - instance of Guide | Removes guide from the axis. |